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PrinciplesofNavalArchitectureSeries:ShipResistance&Flow

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Principles of Naval Architecture: Ship Resistance & Flow

Authors: Lars Larsson & Hoyte C. Raven
Editor: J. Randolph Paulling
ISBN: 978-0-939773-76-3
List Price: $65.00
Member Price: $55.00
Student Member Price: $45.00
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About the Book:

The Principles of Naval Architecture series is the defining reference work and text for naval architecture. This volume contains a
completely new presentation of the subject of ship resistance embodying these developments. A major goal in the design of
virtually all vessels is to obtain a hull form having low resistance. In achieving this goal, the accurate prediction of resistance for a
given hull geometry is essential. Since the publication of the previous edition of PNA important advances have been made in
theoretical and computational fluid dynamics accompanied by increased use of such work in ship and offshore structure design.

The first section of the book provides basic understanding of the flow phenomena that underlie the resistance encountered by a ship
moving in water. The second section contains an introduction to the methods by which that knowledge is applied to the prediction of
resistance, including model testing, empirical methods and computational methods. A final section provides guidance to the naval
architect in designing a hull form. Design procedures are described for achieving favorable flow and resistance characteristics of the
hull and appendages. Examples are given for ships designed for high, medium and low speeds. Design considerations affecting
both wave and viscous effects are included. Finally the flow in the stern wake is discussed, an area important for both resistance
and propeller performance.

About the Authors:

Lars Larsson is a Professor of Hydrodynamics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was Head of the
Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 19992005 and was Vice Head and responsible for the Graduate
Program at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology 20062009. In 20022010 he was also the Director of the Rolls-
Royce University Technology Centre in Computational Hydrodynamics at Chalmers. Prof. Larsson was one of the founders of the
CFD software company FLOWTECH International AB in 1989 and was its Managing Director 19891999. Presently he is Chairman
of the Board. During the period 19711989 he was a research engineer at the maritime consulting company SSPA in Gothenburg.
He received his MSc in Naval Architecture from Chalmers in 1969 and has a PhD in Applied Thermo and Fluid Dynamics from
Chalmers in 1975.

Hoyte C. Raven is a Principal Researcher at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands in Wageningen, Netherlands. He
graduated from Delft University of Technology in 1978, with a Masters degree in Naval Architecture, and joined MARIN
immediately. He received his PhD at Delft in 1996 on a Thesis on the development of a nonlinear free-surface potential flow
method, as implemented in the code RAPID. Dr. Raven has been research coordinator at MARIN for flow around the hull and hull
form design.

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members serving the maritime and offshore industries and their suppliers. Founded in 1893, the Society comprises over 10,000 individuals
throughout the United States, Canada and abroad. Membership is open to all qualified applicants in or associated with the maritime, offshore, and
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